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Abby Lee Hood: Rediscovering the progressive roots of the ‘hillbillies’ In the early 1900s rednecks and hillbillies weren’t backward; they were ahead of the times. (Eleni Kalorkoti | The New York Times) I left my hometown because I felt alienated from its conservative values. Turns out they’d simply forgotten our progressive roots. By Abby Lee Hood | For The New York Times   | Feb. 2, 2021, 5:13 p.m. Nashville — I can’t remember the first time I heard the word “redneck,” but when I was growing up in Middle Tennessee it was usually spoken with pride — tossed around at the bluegrass festivals I went to. My grandfather would pick guitar, and I’d play fiddle, usually in a circle of old-timers under a shade tree at the Summertown Bluegrass Reunion.

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